Tech Workers Like Work from Home, But Worry Their Careers Could be Affected

Human preferences always matter when evaluating the future of trends such as work from home, which conventional wisdom suggests “must” increase dramatically in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

That might not be as big a trend as many expect. A survey of workers from leading technology firms found, as have other surveys, that most professionals prefer remote work to office work. Some 53 percent of respondents say they would rather work remotely. 

On the other hand, 33 percent of those respondents also believe remote work will affect their career progression. Some 41 percent of Uber and Facebook professionals are concerned about their career progression.

That was true of 37 percent of respondents at Amazon, LinkedIn and Salesforce. 

About 35 percent of new hires also fear that remote work will negatively affect their career progression. But about a third of all the respondents, with work tenures ranging up to more than 10 years, also say they worry about career impact.  

Are you concerned that the new work dynamics will impact your career progression?	Yes	No	Too soon to tell	Grand Total
	1236	1172	1392	3800
	33%	31%	37%	100%
Are you concerned that the new work dynamics will impact your career progression?	Yes	No	Too soon to tell	Grand Total
Amazon	37%	27%	36%	310
Microsoft	33%	31%	36%	291
Google	35%	25%	40%	194
Facebook	41%	24%	35%	133
Uber	41%	24%	36%	76
LinkedIn	37%	25%	38%	65
Salesforce	37%	23%	40%	52
Intel Corporation	20%	35%	45%	49

source: Blind